The largest annual fighting game tournament is officially underway. Running two streams over the three-day duration, the best players in the world will compete for the most prestigious title in fighting game tournaments. Eight games, including Super Smash Bros. Melee and Ultra Street Fighter IV, will be streamed. For players unfamiliar with Evo, or the fighting game […]

Online payment system Paysafe has leaked the Steam Summer Sale’s duration on their site: June 19th to June 30th. A couple days ago, some Steam users reported finding “mysterious trading cards” among their other drops. Last year’s summer sale was accompanied with trading cards and badges as well, which also arrived roughly a week before the […]

Excellence in Sound Design is a small series looking to recognize one of the most overlooked parts of games. From shotguns to soundtracks, we’ll be taking a look at some of gaming’s most deserving sounds.

“C’mon, help me out over here!” I’d imagined co-op play in Quake 2 to be a lot more, well, fun, but somewhere along the way, it turned into a game of yelling, cat-herding, and looking over at each other’s screen, with a super shotgun in there somewhere.

After slamming my satellite into the sun a couple times, I was pleasantly surprised to see it graze the hexagonal star’s rim and sail back around, swing between a few passing asteroids, and subsequently back into the sun – this time, from a different angle.